miseducation
noun
mis·ed·u·ca·tion
ˌmis-ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shən 
plural miseducations
: poor, wrong, or harmful education
… it's getting easier to blame the miseducation of poor students solely on lack of discipline.—
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Yet the third form of colonialism, the one that seems to pervade the film’s entire substance, is the insidious and ongoing campaign of cultural oblivion, the evaporation of memory and dissolution of history in the daily American media onslaught and the officialized miseducation that accompanies it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
Mental health stigma can also lead to Blacks repressing their symptoms and miseducation about mental illness and suicide — suggesting that Black people do not experience either.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 28 May 2022
Woodson abandoned two prestigious academic leadership roles to focus on funding and leading an association dedicated to ending miseducation for good.
—Byellen McGirt, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
The ways in which the best American filmmakers are contending with the past reflect and resist the falsifications, denials, and suppressions of history that are integral to the right wing’s political agenda of miseducation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Yes - there is a tremendous amount of misconception and miseducation surrounding the vaccine.
—Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
Experts also say that miseducation about dementia is compounded by a lack of widespread awareness and basic literacy surrounding memory health in the United States.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
Gen Z’s miseducation begins with Sheng’s questionable tutelage — his inept pedagogy teaches how to be alarmed and offended instead of bringing facts of art history and providing context for cultural understanding.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Oct. 2021
There’s still a staggering amount of misinformation around HIV and AIDS, and miseducation around which words can cause harm.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
Mental health stigma can also lead to Blacks repressing their symptoms and miseducation about mental illness and suicide — suggesting that Black people do not experience either.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 28 May 2022
Woodson abandoned two prestigious academic leadership roles to focus on funding and leading an association dedicated to ending miseducation for good.
—Byellen McGirt, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
The ways in which the best American filmmakers are contending with the past reflect and resist the falsifications, denials, and suppressions of history that are integral to the right wing’s political agenda of miseducation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Yes - there is a tremendous amount of misconception and miseducation surrounding the vaccine.
—Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
Experts also say that miseducation about dementia is compounded by a lack of widespread awareness and basic literacy surrounding memory health in the United States.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
Gen Z’s miseducation begins with Sheng’s questionable tutelage — his inept pedagogy teaches how to be alarmed and offended instead of bringing facts of art history and providing context for cultural understanding.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Oct. 2021
There’s still a staggering amount of misinformation around HIV and AIDS, and miseducation around which words can cause harm.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
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